Kyoto Dst

The routines in this module can be used to load Kyoto Dst data from the World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto.

Load the data

pyspedas.kyoto.dst(trange=None, time_clip=True, remote_data_dir='http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/', suffix='')

Loads Dst data from the Kyoto servers.

Parameters

  • trange (list of str) – Time range to load

  • time_clip (bool) – If set, time the data to the requested trange

  • remote_data_dir (str) – Remote data server at Kyoto

  • suffix (str) – Suffix to append to the output variable’s name

The DST data are provided by the World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto, and are not for redistribution (http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/). Furthermore, we thank the geomagnetic observatories (Kakioka [JMA], Honolulu and San Juan [USGS], Hermanus [RSA], Alibag [IIG]), NiCT, INTERMAGNET, and many others for their cooperation to make the Dst index available.

Return type

Name of the tplot variable created.

Example

import pyspedas
from pytplot import tplot
dst_vars = pyspedas.kyoto.dst(trange=['2018-11-5', '2018-11-6'])
tplot('kyoto_dst')
_images/kyoto_dst.png